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Show ammmmtmmumMmtm A XX UAL CONFERENCE Of the Wcbcr Stake of Zion. The Annual Conference of the Weber Stake ef Ziou reassembled in the Ogden Tabernacle, as per adjournment on Sat urday, ai 'Jl o'clock p m. The choir sang : 'Dark is the mind when bouii'l In unbelief's deradlnglthraH '? Prayer by Elder Walter 1 uomson.' The choir sti ijf : "High oil the mountain top A banner is unfurled, eic." 1'REST. r. 1. fclCHAKHS Wished the District Presidents, in giving their report, to represent the general 'condition of tba work, the situation of the poor, how the fast offerings came in, the feelings of the pesple concerning the Uni'ed Order, 'etC. and to be as brief in as consistent. Ihi'ir remal-hs elder joserii I'ahht. Sabbath schotil scholars, 125; teachers, 15, In Bible class. 30.( Peter Laer, Superintendent. The receipts of tha Society dining the pastyea;,$20.&; dibbursed, $21.00; on baud, $ i OO.'o. iu the district about GOO. Mue years ago they numbered eighteen faniilus, and built a ecboolhouse, which cost At that time it was considered $2,700 too large, but in hv years it was not large euough, and thoy had now two school houses nnd two schools, which were not as well attended as they were last year when they were supported by taxation, for then all the children came to school. lie had not heard the people say anything against the United Order. They had, to far sullicient means on hand to support the poor. It was customary for the people t brng in their fast offerings at tho beginning ot ike year. They had a yonng men's literary institution The district, was fix, or even miles in length, which made it inconvenient for echool purposes and meetings, but the people turned out well and a good spirit prevailed. Ro-li- f ttirned the sagebrush land into fields and gardens, and tley were proaperiEg and getting rich.' He thought most of the Lynne peoplft ere doing as well as any iu the count. Sunday and fast doy meetings wrc veil attended. They had no drinking sa.oons, and the youth were controlled as well as in any place. Hepokein Irifh terms of the Relief Society: they kaj collected considerable menns for migraljng the poor and oilnr lie ad seen some of the purposes. b ret hi en fail, bu never knew any of the sisters to fail in wha' they undertook. During the past ear 4 persons had been 14 children baptized.. 9 re fciptized blesed, b cut off, jiud 5 had died. Elder JiSKIMI G ROVER Said he did not aspect to have to report the 14th, or Eatln district Neither the Piesident nor Secretary were pre- sent, and be was! not much prepared to of the district report. About claimed no cunnjetion with the Church. There was a wjisky shop at Uinta, on in'full bias', which they could not help. heir old schoolhouse had been blown (own, which was a bio sing to the peopt; they had built a new one lit x 60, an accupied it last Sunday, when they frvere much p'.eased to have t.he preen;e of Bishop Herrick and Elder F. S R clurds. The President and the people wlo claimed to be Saints were doing as well as thej could under the circumstances He felt well himself, and to sny, God bess the people. Elder SamuM) Rjnoham f h during the present winter He read the statistical 'report which showed that there are 231 teachers in the County, and 1,702 scholars, with 2 schools not heard from; 17 Ritde classes. 48 2i Rook of Mormon; 5 Doctrine and Covenants, and 13 Theological. In there were 708 books. Elder Rallaniyne then referred to the progress made by the Sunday schools in music and cited the compliments paid to Prof. Pugh and the Sunday schools by the managers of the jubilee at Salt Lake lie wished the superinlast, summer, tendents and teachers to encourage and cultivate a tasteforuiusic in the scholars. He was thankful to sa.v that young me-- , who formerly thought it beneath them to go to Sunday school, now took an interest ii nd pride in attending; popular sentiment, had changed in this The report showed an very favorably. increase in a! tendance above that of hist year of about 400. But n greater increase was expected and woul I be worked for as it ought to be. The idea had had been suggested of appointing teachers to visit every family and induce them to send the children to scheol. He was encouraged with the progress of the Sabbath schools and he hoped to have the co. operation of the Elders and Sainis Testi-men- P a- - "Let sinuers take their course And choose the road to death But in the service of my God ' I'll spend my latest breath-Trayer by Elder Lorin Farr. Choir sang, Lord let thy holy spirit now Shine forth in every heart " The Sacrament was administered. t, " s re-pe- ct 2 Choir sang, elder c. w. it.xrose Addressed the congregation on the subject of the pre-j- ? ant its influence He related the history of the establishment and progress of the Ogden Junction and showed how the publishing COm.' pany could be made a really Co operative concern, in which every person in the County aught to he interested Touching on the United Order hearted that the people believed in the theory but were not prepared to euter into its practice fully at once, and urged the importance of commencing soma practical measure as a step toward the fullness of the Order. The authorities of the Church wert then presented and Unanimously sU6. tained us follows: li rich am Yonng as President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latte:- day Saints in all the world, and as Prophet ' Seer and Reve'.ator. George A. Smith and Daniel II. Wells as his counsellors. The Assistant counsellors, Twelve Apostles and nil the authorities of the Church ns sustained at the last October Uonterence. Franklin I Richards as President of this Stake of Zion. Lester J. Herrick, as Eishop of the Weber County Ward. Walter Thomson and David M Stuart as his counsellors. Israel Canfield, I. N. Goodale, James Owen, P G. Taylor, W. N. Fife, Thomas Doxey, Thos. Wallace, Charles W. Penrose, Jamrs M. Brown, Winslow Farr, E. N. Freeman, F. S. Richards, Joseph Stanford and C. F. Middleton as members of the High Council. The following with their counsellors as Presidents of Districts: 1st District, F. A. Brown, 2d, Robert McQuarrie; 3rd, Joseph Parry; 4th, John I. Hart; ."th, Thos. Richardson; 6th, L. W. Skurlliff: 7th, David Garner; 3ih. D. Ii. Rawson; 9th, David Moore; 10th, Robt. liaird; llih. S. F. Halverson; 12th, F. A. Hammond; 13th, David E. Cook; 14th. Ira N. Spalding; 15th, Josiah Ferrin; 16ih, Sanford Bingham; 17th, Gilbert Belknap. Richard Ballantyne as Superintendent of Sunday Schools, with D. M. Stuart and Thomas Wallace ns his assistants. The following Elders were sustained as home mi.sionaries: F. D. Richards, Lorin Farr. Lester J. Herrick,, Walter Thomson, David M. Stuart, Cyrus H. Wheelock,, Charles VT Penrose, Richard Ballantyne, Thomas Wallace, Henry Holmes, Joseph Stanford, Franklin S. Richards, Edwin Strat ford, Edmund Ellsworth, Wiuslow Farr. Joseph A. West, Moroni Brown, W. N. Fife, Robert McQuarrie, James Taylor Represented the Third District: It is composed of 408 members. There are t 13 children between the apes of four KLDKR DAVID MOOR B mid sixteen years. The nuinher attend-inSaid the Ninth District was in as good a Sunday school is 114, and 10!) attend condition the at presrnt time as it had school. last S'nce conference 2'J day children h ive been blessed. We have been since he had been a member of it. It numbered about 123 souls. Children baptized 32. rebaptizcd (i and cut off 2. generally. the nges of four and sixteen between in 8 Thee are the dist riyt. High Pii.sts, E LDER JAMES WELCH, deaths, 3. A i Seventies, 12 Elders, unl 2 Priests. years , baptized, in school was attended good session, day In point, of teriitory be said the Third Reported the Elders Quorum as numberThe sunday school had y G") children. in (lie county, Uisirict wns the. sm ing 342 in goed standing exclusive of but in numbers it would compare with been discontinued for several weeks, but Hooper oud Eden, not reported, t'5 had would commence again. The Darin- ihe almost any other. been admitted since last report; 2 cut year llulie ' shortly had done pa( first rate, and Society considerable means hud been expended off uud one had died. in completing their new school house, the poor had been assisted by it. Some Represented the lGtk or Riverdale disElder Welch was thankful for the which wnul I favorably compare with spoke favorably of the united Order, trict. Most of tie were desirous assistance tiven to the Quorum in pro people and to learn more concerning i is of any in the county. The people had done keeping the Commandments of God, viding meeting rooms and in the visits Fast meetings and attended a treat deal in building good houses to practical workings. meetins and performed their and instructions of the authorities of the live in, barns for the comfort of their offerings ha I been considerably neg- duties. Rut few disbelieved in the Stake. He was pleased with the pro animal, mid other necessaries tq make lected. Still the poor had been taken United Order, aid they would take hold gress ot the young Elders, many who of. care Sunday meetings had been of it when home comfortable. Tbescbool houne wns permitted. year ago could not speak a word in well provided With' black board, charts, well attended, and the people had been There were no1 poor there who needed public, could now arise with baldness etc.. and the school house lot was be ng greatly blest by. the labors of the mis- help, the fast donations were forwarded and speak of the goodness of God to enclosed with a good picket fence in sionaries. to he tithing office at Ogden Fid'owing them. Herejoicedin his labors and Jelt ELDER S F. II ALVKRSOX front and a biard lenceon the sides, and is the statistical remrt: it a pnvi ige to be associated with the oonciderabie improvement h id been made Said the Tenth District was one mile High. Priests, 2;, Seventies, 2S; Elders. people of lod. on the lot in raising it out of the mud wide and two long, and much of the 8: Teachers, 1; Demons 1; members 147. nisiior l. j. herrich Sunday meetings vere well attended, land was owned by people living in P.iptized. 18; 4; disfellow-shippebis return from Europe he Said, since and the people as a general thing, felt Ogden 1; marriel, 4; births. 7; deaths, City. The district numbered 127 had been visiting the branches in various w. 11 Fns me 'ilnge were not so well n'- -t including two high Priests, fourteen 1; children hlcsd, 8; one Sabbath ended as could be wished, the people Seventies, eleven Elders. There had school, Richard Dje, President, attend- parts of the county. Scarcely a week but he attended from four to half had done well in bringing in their fust been ten Relief Soeiety, apassed bapiimis. fourteen births, one ed by 85 studens. dozen meetings. The Saints welcomed donations for the relief of the needy, of death and four The Sabbath Martha Ann Ritghatn President; 41 him, and the marriages. presidents of districts, so whom chere were many in the district. and day schools were in good condition. members. They htd collected fo'J 10. as was tar be aware, were one with him Last, month they collected nearly fif:y The poopb had donated towards the and with the leaders of the cliHi ch. The Eldkr Thoj. Richardson. dn'lars in nioaey to furnih coal for the building of the Temple about $50. Onfirst impulse w hich moved him on his poor: and through the kindness of Mr. ly about three hundred bushels of wheat P.ore testimony to lie tiuth and value of return from his mission was to urge upon Clark. Supt. of the U.'P. railroad, l had been threshed in, the district. So it the gospel, and cxlorted all present to the Saints their obligations towards the bud beeu rates mado for the three would be perceived that they had not aake to righieousiess, and sin not, and districts, which save'l about $G0 in the much surplus meaos The Relief Socie- be ware of the influence of riches, which poor, and the building of the temples of luou. inelast meetings and donations matter of freight. The donations for the ty were ' always on hand to assist the would, he leared.had many to apostacy. had been Efforts in were terribly neglected. the of hands the tescher' distressed, nnd were doing their best in The Slaferville or 5th district, numbertemple were to made revive ond Brother Lorin Farr donated one hundred home manufactures. being them, Meetings were ed 135 members; 2 bad been baptized. 3 would be continued until the was day (S100) dollars. 'The speater Intended well attended, particularly by the six clildreu blessed; 10 young till every store and observed, properly to give iweuty ($20) Hollars, and he be folks,. TLe young men's association births; '2 deaths. The Sabbatb school place ot business controlled by Latter eved the people would respond liberal were doing-well- . Fast donations were was attended by 5)4 tcholars. Edwiu W. day Saints would be closed during Ihe ly to this call. Nearly six hundred chcer:ully paid when called for. The Relief Society had hours Smoot, Supt. of meeting, and the people in the I to bring OiiOU) dollars had been pai collected $12.8'). Miry Field, Prest. country would1 not come into Ogden to the poor from the old countries. The elder r. A. HAMMOND, trade on fast day. Notwithstanding the Prest. F. S. Richards. people as a general thing felt well to In rep&rting the 12th or lluntsville Dis given in, there were many of the want j the Lulled Order.' He le t well considered that the past year bad Said the fast appiinted in the Church reports who came to him for bread, and poor in the gospel, nnd confident that Cod trict, beeu for it one of progression. The was ordained of God, nnd the proper would carry on the work to full success tney should be properly provided for, crops had been good and much' material order should h observed. The offerings Several teams and teamsters had been improvement had taken blace. The peo should not. be withheld until' times of futed out to assist in building the St. pie weru growing in property and ou the plenty, but the fast meetings should he George temple; much work had been Ther was quite a number in P'a:n whole they', compared favorably with attended reguUrly, and the offerings be done in Prest. F. D. Ricuards that do not belong to the Church fly The fitting up tithing grounds and k foi the in other districts unl on affairs. those brought Last up poor spirit days. faints felt well, anl the was gram receptacles. rext year t.uilding Spoke concerning those, who,ia order t a lumber nssocia This was a dity to the poor, and they uc cicuicu inr inning, auu Iio evaJe prosperous. Since last Conference they evening,', ' claim it nt our hands. ..uui.i paying taxe had complained benau erecieu a conimoaitus sc.nolbou.se. tiqn was organized, Farming undstoclf had a right the Saints the necessiiy of fore the urged upon Hiffh Council of those officer The succor of he pour should not be left and nitfrchandise on the raising at which, at present; they held the anu onermgs. Al- who had endeavored to enforce meir innei pacing a io the few; had been payment. tried with good iiercuaut, ihe stockraiser, luding to the United Order, he priocipltf meetings Rhd day nnd Kuud.vy schools. success. aim He wished them to the understand that the and The who those were obtained speculator poor Tho Sunday fchool is ive)l attended, and provided for the words ot mnny of the Sain 19 that all Council did not countenance that and High food in and but should money mtrcjiandise contri comfortably theii fuel, now" well supplied with teachers. was they had was "on the altar " 'He be course. It was the duty of every person Two day schools were' in session, well houses were nol so good as might be de bute of their neans. The worthy poor lieved ood wduM take them nt their to pay their taxes, which were levied attended: one strictly 'Mormon" and sired. Statistical Report was as follows; should not be leglceted because of a few word. He fel,t to be one with the. people, according to laws made by our own repHe urged ana tuat nil were'co-laborer- s the other uot. Sunday evening mee:iri'rs High Priests 2; Seventies. 2S; Elders, 40; wtio were poorby profes.-io- n with the resentatives. this Council would matter s't'ongly upon the district authorities of the church. wcr" vveu aiuncted Dy Uieyounsc people. Priests, I; Teachers, o; Deacons. 3; Tonot entertain ' such but say to of iH tal number members and complaints, the . 431; 4 , people. Daptized 12; presidents and the young men ris)on'eI whenever accusers : eo ahd ray your taxes." the D HIQIIARDS The rREST. F. choir children the born 23; nnlhem: 40; children saig called upou to address the saints. They "Let thy me;ciful kindness, 0 Lord, Said it was the intention to nominate a He explained that Elder Whoelock had nan purcuaseu an organ lor toe meeting blessed 68; deaths 7; Sabbath scholar ue upon is. Win. Halls 10; number of fclders te labor as htime mis. come to viit hi friends for awhile, and Supt. Relief home, and had a good choir. Owine to WjTenchers 115 L. J.' Herri $116 members; by k. Prayer Dshop Society, collected of the sickness sionanea and thesehould be received had consented to have his name nut on the president the Reli-- f the list, of home missionaries. He wished Adjourned til Sunday, 10 a.m. by the Sainfand their instructions vali Society has not met recently. The poor by them, $8i.ll disbursed, President, Mis J. Hammond. ued. He animadverted upon the ab him to act in connection wi h Bro Gar Mary were wen proviqiu; Tornnir.'&ey weie The co 10 a.m. store sence or some ot the presidents of dis ner at North Ogden, and labor there and raid SU;DAV, a eond i operatsve uu.e to take care of lietn. He had henrJ dividend and was out of debt. Ahnnt l 0 expressions wih tricts at the general conference and at in the region round about. Choir sang, regard to the L'niied S500 was ELVF.R WILFOHD WOODRCFF on the this conference, "notwithstanding the owing In favor of tw ; Huring the Orier, "The morning ireaks, Ihe shadows flee, . . . .. .... - except. . I f in conssquencc of losing their farm J iL... his pleasure at llie spirit an4 previous, announeem.tir. of the meetings Expressed hay iisim nvy enures into a combina... a pai Lo, Axon s stmdard is unfurled." b fnin the Junction. Notices of the mission, procceuings 01...me tonlerence tion to sell produce to (he conMimer. li straw and most of the He gave Teams bad been Eldtr sent to assist in build Prayer by had been it good thing and saved muiv Cyrus II. Wheeleck. ary appoint nients would be published, an account of the coming of a minister and het wished the people lo look for to Salt Lake with the iuteotioa of writhundreds of dollars. The peoj le felt to ing the lemple at St. George, and the Choir sang, were to them, out. people anvlie wished the people through- ing a book rtgsiinst the saints, who. after willing in Carry join anything iliat was jor the good "Happy the mm lhat fimU the grace, 5 out the county to sustain the Jcnction. seeing the city and people, said that he . thiug th.it might bo inaugurated for the The of the t'oitiuiuniti blessings if God's ouosen race." He urged upon the Saints the good ot t lie work. Rut few residents haa been misinformed about them, comELDER DAVID flARXr.tt were not members of the Church, and of fifty cents a month in money piynient TRESl Fi D. RICHARDS to assist menced to rentl our bonks, wns baptized, and last Sundtvy preached in the Fourthey were peaceable nnd Made a few pointed remarks. Said, in the Seventh of Nort h Ogdeh He in building temides.' that th there were three good day schools ne felt well and hoped we should cniov touched on theprinciples eajoyed by the could have some pay which would bring teenth Ward in favor of the work he had a good lime during Conferee e. come to oppose. in "ession, and one good Elder Woodruff Saints, and tie prosperity which at- them comforts. He would like arrangeSunday school. ments said this made so bad that church been There were about 230 children 'between tended of them aid the work guided by the raeetings could be God, and ELDER JOSIAU IKHRlN held in the morning and Sunday aMmnl revelations God of commencethe ages of four and sixteen years, a from the who the of those to failu;e upon sought ment, aud we bad received .enough excruit portion of whom were gin" to Said, the people in ihe Eden district. overt h row it.' Also upon' the work now in the afternoon, that one would not with the other. lie sjliool. Sunday meeiitigs were well" at- felt well, most of whom were in the being perforned among the Lfttuanites that perience to know that God meant just Those who were not. hn.-.nunc nail would vk t the n..nL what he said. He reviewed the history in fulfillment if the prophecies concerntended, but fust Hirelings not so well. Church. Fast offerings had nat been lispositiou to quarrel with the other. ing them in tie Rook of Mormon. He throughout tho county iu the interest of and labors of the saints from their com regularly About in. forty children attended Sabbath felt thankful 'or the help given him of the Juvenile Instructor, which should ing into the valleys of tho mOifntSins, The Relief ill brought Society, was gooTrunuing order and the poor were school. A day school was in Kt;nn the Lord ia hsown labors, and felt that be taken by every family in the county. and showed that the Lord had fulfilled lis promises to them. Quoting the say tolerably well eared for. They furnished The fast donations were sufficient to sup- he had nothing to do but devote himself He desired that relief be the but Wo yoke of Cattle to haul rock the fast those poor, in port organized to were the intercss of the Kingdom of God. districts where ing of Scripture that "They who figub for the meetings against Zion shall perish,'' he showed Temple at St. George. . Same ciisu sub- not well attended. The Statistical Re He referred to the United Order, as none wei ti in operation. fate of many who had epposed this the scriptions had eeri "piifd' ia for the port was as follows: High Priests" 3- - practised by he ancients, and revealed p. elder p. vsatt 0; 3Seventies, 25: Elders, the of Priests. work aud had died violent, and miserable in the early days, of this church, and Said he was under a building Temple. The people covenant with his deaths. a willingness fa. comply wiih Teachers. 3i, Deacons, 3. Members, 272; urged the Referring to that plank in the all the saints pre- deceased father to imhlish hi. i necessity ef ; x 'J TI ciiilUren blessed, 12 ot the Republican party conthe le.juii'ehients of the Unijed Order, uapnzeti, platform and into to it to.ent r and writings. The work was now be. paring believed, Us a general thing, the Saints' do this be shaved thatpractically; ns last as made known to tbenn they must obtain fore the people and many had subscribed cerning slavery nnd polygamy, he showThey ed how the nation, had conquered slavhad m i.ed id establiNhins; a ramdie for were willing to take hold of ncv mea the i. He then called on for it, some of whom had not spirit of taken ery and held in bondage the millions of yet their herd. The district numbered about sure inaugurated by the Church, He the book. He wished they would do so A LLANTYN E, ELDER HCHARD R'O souls, and they felt willing to do all felt well himself, and that the Kingdom the South who had sustained it; and that might bo able to meet bis ooliea-- ' then contrasted uuu iTua vi cou.d to build their futile efforts who the they up kingdom of progressing. represeited the Sabbath schods of lions with the publishers. He bore tesGod. Their failure was Weber against were polygamy There to 20J Sunday timony ELDER DAXIfcL THOMAS County. the work of Goi in which his to attributable ELDER P. n. RAWSOS the faot that celestial schools iw th; County, 18 of, which were father had labored so showed long, Said, in the absence of the President of in aotie was revealed of God, and he and wore in better the necessity of the Saints marriage Said there had been but few chances in in would protect it. District who was sick, be would order thanopiration uniting He of the pro Lynne had spoke been. It had er their labors as well as their faith. they the high, h District since the last report, as well as he could and the report There Laniaoites, were oeen .tue. custom wiih.gotiie of 4hem to phesies concerning Choir sang the anthem 1 " uicn ei e as iouows hh 3o the in now work dons them, PcraonS discontinue th? distriot, several f; among being the winter, bat efforts "Beautiful are thy towers " ' tea'hs, 12 , born, -- D, 'f b.essed, J2; of nhom were Scandinavians' who had were now the spirits of their ancestors appearing being made Id cofaliriue them Trayer by Elder Edward Stevensen. to them and instructinsr thi m lo e g , iH'-s- t - I - wi-he- d t d. epe-cia- - 1 ; - , di-fri- ct - . The-Hig- h . , J . J. . . i- J ifis-tric- .law-abidin-- r. t, annt-uiace- I : - eu 1L-- m' , 1 , nd . ,! iing f , ! ui-tu- Jl |
